Road Traffic

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many miles vehicles, excluding heavy goods vehicles, travelled on (a) motorways and (b) dual carriageways in (i) England, (ii) Scotland and (iii) Wales in each of the last five years. (317046)

The estimated miles travelled by vehicles (excluding heavy good vehicles) on motorways and dual carriageways in England, Scotland and Wales from 2004 to 2008 is shown in the following tables.

*(a) Traffic on Motorways by country: All vehicles*¹ *excluding HGVs, 2004-*08
Billion vehicle miles
		2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
(i)	England	47.3	47.6	48.8	49.3	49.1
(ii)	Scotland	3.3	3.3	3.5	3.6	3.6
(iii)	Wales	1.9	1.8	1.9	2.0	1.9
	Great Britain	52.5	52.8	54.2	54.8	54.7
¹ Includes motorcycles, cars, buses and LGVs. Source: DfT—National Road Traffic Survey.

*(b) Traffic on dual carriageways by country: All vehicles*¹ *excluding HGVs, 2004*-08
Billion vehicle miles
		2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
(i)	England	45.7	45.5	46.2	45.9	45.8
(ii)	Scotland	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.2
(iii)	Wales	3.3	3.2	3.4	3.3	3.4
	Great Britain	53.1	52.9	53.9	53.5	53.4
¹ Includes pedal cycles, motorcycles, cars, buses and LGVs. Source: DfT—National Road Traffic Survey.

Volume 506: debated on Monday 22 February 2010